Smart Africa CEO to headline Pan African AI Summit 2026 in Accra
Smart Africa CEO Lacina Koné is confirmed as a speaker at the Pan African AI Summit 2026, to be held in Accra. The summit's location in Ghana's capital reinforces the country's positioning as a continental hub for AI policy and investment dialogue.
Pan African AI Summit: the room matters as much as the speakers
Smart Africa isn't just a talking shop. It's the African Union's 40-nation alliance that actually writes the blueprints — for digital identity, broadband, AI coordination — that member governments then adopt.
Getting its CEO into a room in Accra alongside Ghana's communications minister, MTN's tech chief, and working AI founders like Darlington Akogo of minoHealth means the people setting continental policy and the people actually shipping products are in the same building.
That's rarer than it sounds. And for Ghanaian founders, it's the real prize — not the headline, but the hallway conversation.
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